Week 40 of 52 in 2018

Jackson and Connor:  With my new role as PTA President, I sometimes get to be Rodger's handler as the costume is a little hard to negotiate.  On this day, Rodger was very peppy and since we got to the school early, they were able to catch up with all of the fun that Rodger provides.

Jackson: It's been an up and down indoor season for Jackson.  It could be the multiple days of sporting events during the weekend with lax being the last day.  However, the ups have been awesome to watch.  He's now putting the ball into the back of the net and we couldn't be more proud.  His Coppermine coach had indicated that he would spend time working across the field from defender to offense but clearly, he's gotten much better with his offense skills.

Week 39 of 52 in 2018

Jackson and Connor:  the boys got a chance to walk to school with Everett one morning this week.

Connor: It was school picture day and Connor was working his magic in front of the camera. I volunteered to be able to make sure that both of the boys had semi-decent pictures.  We've had some interesting pictures come back including Jackson's 2nd grade picture with his eyes closed....

Week 38 of 52 in 2018

Jackson and Connor:  School was closed for Yom Kippur and we invited Benjamin to join us at the Zoo.  We had a great time and are always happy to bring friends along.  It was so much fan that we were on one of the last trams to head back to the parking lot.  It was nice catching up with Baby Willow.

The 3rd grade boys were having lots of funs after indulging in ice cream and using up their Cake Walk Tickets.  Jackson was having so much with his friends that he decided to skip lax practice. Getting this pic of the boys was the hardest. Don't they know, parents will never stop wanting to take pics and if they smile, it'll go a lot faster.

Week 37 of 52 in 2018

Jackson and Connor:  We had received our 2 tickets for the "coveted" cake walk.  The boys were super happy that we were able to get tickets.

Connor: The boys were given a planner when they started 3rd grade and I'm so happy to see when they are actually filling it in.  This is a page from Connor's.

Getting a pic with Rodger, Beck and Aadeyn while enjoying Kona Ice.

Week 36 of 52 in 2018

Jackson and Connor:  After a long summer, the boys were FINALLY back to school with the 1st day of 3rd Grade.  This was at the end of the day and Connor was over photos and it was sunny but still so handsome.

After Kona Ice at the school, we were up to William's house to celebrate his 4th birthday party with an American Ninja inspired water course.  The boys had a lot of fun celebrating the birthday boy outside until another major storm hit the Baltimore area.

If it's a Saturday in the fall, it's soccer season.  Our Liverpool boys were ready to get out on the field.

Jackson:  As if the week hadn't been already busy enough, Jackson had his first indoor lax game with Kelly Post.  He will start practicing with Coppermine on Friday nights too just to give us something else as he made the team  We are super proud of our Jackson for finding a game that he likes.

Home:   It's been a busy couple of months for our street.  The work started the year prior with the gas lines and a temporary paving done by BGE. As it had been at least 15 years, the county finally decided it was time to pave our street.  This was the rubble phase. Little did we know that it was a four step process and that there would be more waiting.  We cringe every time we see the no parking signs.

Week 35 of 52 in 2018

It was a busy last week before school starts with items for the PTA that needed to get down as Back to School is intense...

We had gone to the pool and ran a bunch of errands and once we got home, the boys stumbled out to find friends for a quick pick up game of football.  You can tell all the boys were ready to be back in school.  Michael happily agreed to be quarterback.

We had Aadeyn A to the pool as a guest along with his sister.  It was a hot one!!

We were invited over to Tony and Gina's for a cookout and the boys finally got a chance to get on the jet skis.  They both had a lot of fun.

Week 34 of 52 in 2018

Everett was back from his cross country trip and the boys were happy to have him as a guest at our pool.  They've been able to have friends throughout the summer as guests and it's been helpful keeping the pool exciting and fun.  And, their guests are getting to meet their pool family.

Michael had been talking with the boys about depositing money into the bank.  After a humongous production of finding their money and arriving to the bank minutes before 12 p.m. with small change, we found out that the bank wasn't even open on Saturday.  We'll save that for another day.  We ended up at Coin Star and the boys helped dad deposit change and watch it turn into almost $100.

Week 33 of 52 in 2018

Jackson:  The tryouts for Coppermine were this weekend so Jackson was getting in as much practice time as possible (even after an almost all day soccer camp with the Blast). He was good with the indoor practice but it was quite hot on the turf.

Connor: He's not the fastest but he works hard.  Yet another fun week with the Blast for our defender.

Week 32 of 52 in 2018

Jackson:  Before leaving for vacation, Jackson was adamant that he didn't want to try out for the Kelly Post Travel team despite knowing Coach Wendell and some other friends that were going to be trying to be trying out.  We received an invite from Coppermine and Jackson was ALL OVER IT. He really loved Coach Jordan and consider that the only time he had a coach that provided him with good instruction. So, it was time to get in some lax practice.  The Snyder's were away so we were able to take advantage of their goal and bounce back.  Our baseball player even helped out and Michael learned out how to catch.

Connor:  We had reduced priced tickets and realized that the summer was almost over so we had to find a way to get to Hershey Park (separate post). Mom and the boys were off for what ended up being an all day experience.  This sweet boy showed off his love for thrill rides.  He even would ride the rides by himself when Jackson couldn't handle the heights. Giving the o.k. to launch.

After getting minimal sleep, we were up very early the next morning for teeth cleanings. I can't tell you how proud I am of this boy who is usually very uneasy about getting X rays.   It may have been the adrenaline from the prior day but he was smiling in the chair waiting for his X rays that he knew was going to happen. Who is this kid??

Week 31 of 52 in 2018

More snaps from vacation. Lots of time at the pool and some really delicious meals out.

Once we arrived home from vacation, we were off to the pool because we hadn't been in 7 whole days and that was a lot.  But, this trip was super important as we were there to celebrate our favorite 5 year old's birthday - sweet Veronica's. Happy Birthday V.